Prof Michael Burch
Overview
Professor Michael Burch was appointed a consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in 2001. He is now the Head of the Cardiology Department and a Professor of Cardiology with University College London.
Until 2015, Professor Burch spent seven years as the Associate Editor and Correspondence Editor of the journal Heart BMJ. He is a hospital inspector for the Care Quality Commission and a member of NHS BT Cardiothoracic Advisory Group, as well as the Secretary of the British Congenital Cardiovascular Association.
“I am honoured to lead a team of cardiologists that are so committed and dedicated to their patients and who have such high standards. There is no other hospital I would rather work in.”
Credentials
• Heart murmurs
• Chest pains
• Palpitations
• Congenital heart disease
• Cardiomyopathy
• Expert witness in medico-legal cases
• Paediatric heart failure
• Heart transplantation and mechanical support
Training:
• Bachelor of Medicine
• Bachelor of Surgery
• MD
• FRCP
• FRCPCH
Membership:
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
• Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
• British Medical Association
• British Cardiovascular Society
• Member of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Member of the International Paediatric Transplantation Society
• Secretary of the British Congenital Cardiac Association
• Member of the NHS BT Cardiothoracic Advisory Group
• An Inspector for the Care Quality Commission for the NHS
• Completed the first randomised study into stem cell therapy in heart disease in children
• He currently has 2 PhD students and has active grants from the European Union and GOSH charity
• On 3 advisory boards for international drug development and has been an advisor to the European Medicines Agency
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